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Nigeria:
Insurgency - Bayero Asks Jonathan to Implement Elders Report
Daily Trust, 22 March 2013
Emir of Kano Ado Bayero yesterday urged President Jonathan to implement recommendations on ending insurgency in the North as contained in a report submitted to him by the Northern… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Blast - Attempt to Cause Division Among us, Says Bayero
This Day, 21 March 2013
The Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero has described the attack on the motor park in Sabon Gari area of Kano, which claimed many lives, was a clear attempt to cause chaos in the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Blast Was an Attempt to Set North On Crisis - Sultan
Daily Trust, 22 March 2013
Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar has said the blast that occurred in a motor part in Kano was an attempt to set the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Blasts - ACN Calls for Decisive Action
Daily Trust, 22 March 2013
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday condemned Monday's suicide bombings in Kano, saying it is time for all stakeholders in the country to act decisively to stem the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Bombing - Security Beef-up in Bauchi Bus Parks
Vanguard, 21 March 2013
Security has been beefed up in motor parks and other areas in Bauchi State metropolis in a bid to prevent a repeat of the bomb incident in Kano State which left over 70 people… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Explosions - Senators Are Talking Nonsense From Abuja - Kwankwaso
Leadership, 22 March 2013
Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has berated Nigerian senators over their stance on this Monday's bomb explosion in Kano. The senators had accused him of indifference. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kwankwaso Reassures Kano Residents On Security
Vanguard, 22 March 2013
Gov. Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State has reiterated his administration's determination to ensure the safety of lives and property of all persons living in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Orji, Okorocha - Kano Bomb Attacks Callous
This Day, 22 March 2013
The Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji, and his Imo State counterpart, Chief Rochas Okorocha, yesterday described the attack at a Luxury Bus Park in Kano, which killed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Bomb Attack - Security Beefed up in Bauchi
This Day, 22 March 2013
Following last Monday's bomb attack in Kano that left over 22 people dead and several others injured, security has been intensified in Bauchi metropolis to avert any attack. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Bus Blast Not Aimed At Igbos Alone - APGA
Daily Trust, 22 March 2013
Igbos in all part of the country have been advised not to engage in any act that could result to a reprisal attack as revenge to last Monday's bus bomb blast in Kano in which… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Suspected Boko Haram Members Arrested in Lagos
This Day, 22 March 2013
The fear that the ongoing violence in some northern states may spread southwards thursday prompted security agents to launch a pre-emptive raid on hideouts of suspected criminals… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - a People's Alternative to Peace (II)
Leadership, 22 March 2013
The break-up of Boko Haram into factions appear to reflect the old rivalry between the North West and the North East which has been explained earlier. It now appears that at least… Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG Should Dialogue With Boko Haram Gaya
Daily Trust, 22 March 2013
Former governor of Kano State, Senator Kabiru Gaya has called on the federal government to dialogue with the Boko Haram sect so as to work out a peaceful solution to the violence… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Anambra Govt Brands Commercial Vehicles, Motorcycles Over Insecurity
Vanguard, 22 March 2013
Following the security situation in the country, Anambra State government has embarked on branding of commercial vehicles and motorcycles. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Insecurity - Media Tasked On Unbiased Reporting, Peace Journalism
Vanguard, 22 March 2013
AS Nigeria wades through the storms of insecurity worsened by the Boko Haram insurgency in some northern parts of the country, which has claimed about 3000 lives so far, the media… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Students' Body, NANS, Tasks Jonathan On Insecurity
Premium Times, 21 March 2013
The Vice President, National Affairs, of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Ahmadu Jibril, has challenged the Federal Government to work towards bringing to an… Read more »